Aug 1, 2019 | Articles
Author Eric Schnitzer will deliver a presentation about his new book in collaboration with historical artist Don Troiani, Don Troiani’s Campaign to Saratoga – 1777: The Turning Point of the Revolutionary War in Paintings, Artifacts, and Historical...
Aug 1, 2019 | Articles
HOOSICK, NY – The Friends of the Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site and New York State Parks will host a commemoration marking the 242nd anniversary of the Battle of Bennington on Friday, August 16th at 7:00 PM. Representatives from the 2nd Continental...
Jun 14, 2018 | Articles
by Phyllis Chapman There are certain auspicious events among people that call for the establishment of annual formal celebrations and civic festivities. After the Declaration of Independence had been accepted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, John Adams...
Aug 16, 2017 | Articles
Written by David Pitlyk Philip Skene was an integral part of Lt. Col. Friedrich Baum’s expedition to Bennington. He was directed to Canada in 1777 by the Crown and accompanied Burgoyne’s invading army. Given his past service in the British army and position in...
Jul 20, 2017 | Articles
Hallowed Ground: New York’s Forgotten Revolutionary War Battlefields Watch the documentary...
Mar 22, 2017 | Articles
O’Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson.New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013. Review by David Pitlyk The prevailing narrative in most popular history of the American Revolution written, not surprisingly, by Americans, is that a series of bungling, out of touch...
